This autobiography of Padmabhushan Baba Prithvi Singh Azad is an action-packed thriller. It is the thrilling story of a daring revolutionary who carried on an unending and often dramatic struggle for the freedom of the motherland.
The book tells the absorbing story of how Azad escaped abroad to elude the police and joined the Gadhar party in America, and how, on return, was implicated in the Lahore Conspiracy Case and sentenced to death. Later the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in Andaman's Cellular Jail, from where he was later brought to jail in India. Azad's secret journey to Russia is an adventure in itself. Azad has narrated in this autobiography the drama of his life, replete with excitement and adventures, with becoming modesty, but without affectation. The writing shows his equable temperament, balanced judgment and absence of bitterness. This book will help one to understand a life of tremendous courage and character of revolutionary dedication.